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November 28, 2016, Issue 528

Beyond The Kennedy Administration

After a radio career spanning 40 years, Country Radio Hall Of Famer, Steel City/Kansas City VP/Programming & Operations and KBEQ PD Mike Kennedy is retiring at the end of the year. Country Aircheck asked him about his plans, what he’ll miss, what he won’t and if he’s now free to finally speak his mind. CA: Why now? MK: I’ve had this on the runway for the last couple years. When Steel City took over it didn’t feel like the right moment to leave. I probably over-thought it, but I didn’t want anyone to perceive a message in the timing of my departure. This company is really a bunch of tremendous human beings and I’ve loved the opportunity to get to know them. I talked to [VP/GM] Marc Harrell about where my head was and have spent the last year getting everything in order. There was no magic chain of events, but I knew if I didn’t set a date and work toward it I’d just keep going indefinitely. What will you do? I have absolutely zero plan. Nothing grandiose. I have some ridiculous minor plans – I’ll spend some time out of the city in January. When I get back I have some things to do around the house and I’ll jump in to help my mom out a little more. She’s close by, 81 and totally capable, but I can help her accomplish a few things. My wife does mornings at the Entercom cluster. She’s six or seven months into a new deal there, so I have no desire to go anywhere else. I will spend some more time in Nashville, much to Mike Kennedy my daughter’s dismay. Maybe I can do the wedding planning! [Ed. Note: Kennedy’s daughter Abby Law is engaged to Dan + Shay’s Dan Smyers.] You transitioned out of mornings about a year ago. What was that like? That goes back to the question about timing. Coming off the air extended my ability to make it another 13-14 months. As you can imagine, it’s really hard to slow down when you’re doing a morning show. Five hours of that, then put on the PD hat and keep going for the rest of the day ... plus, (continued on page 4)

Sweet Sleep: BMLG Records’ Brett Young (seated, center) and team celebrate his first No. 1 “Sleep Without You.” Pictured (standing, l-r) are WME’s Risha Rogers, manager Enzo DeVincenzo, the label’s Angie Coonrod, WME’s Barrett Sellers, the label’s Lauren Longbine, Big Machine Music’s Alex Heddle and Mike Molinar, BMLG’s Andrew Thoen, engineer Justin Niebank, producer Dann Huff and the label’s Matthew Hargis; (seated, l-r) are Sandi and Scott Borchetta, Young, the label’s Jimmy Harnen and BMLG’s Laurel Kittleson.

Season’s Greetings

By this time tomorrow (11/29), the organizers of Light The Row hope Music Row will become Music Glow. The holiday campaign, spearheaded by iHeartMedia GSM/Nashville Region Melissa Kent, is more than just a call to hang lights outside each Music Row business. “We don’t know our neighbors as well as we should,” says Kent. “We’ve been here for a couple of decades. I’ve personally worked on Music Row for 12 years. We know our label and publishing partners, but we don’t know who’s running this barber shop down the road Melissa Kent or who’s across the street. So we wanted to get

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MY TUNES: MUSIC THAT SHAPED MY LIFE Wheelhouse’s Granger Smith discusses his most influential music: 1. George Strait’s Greatest Hits Vol. 2: I was already into country music, but that was the first time I could remember it creating my passion for it. More than an average listener, I was becoming a super fan. I was a fan club member. 2. George Strait, Texas Stadium, GrangerSmith 1996: It changed my life. I camped out to get the tickets. Because of my fan club status I was able to get second row, center. It started at noon and I watched everybody who played. At certain points in the day, I was the only one on the floor because it was so hot. I was so intrigued by this lifestyle these guys were living – everyone from the bands to the crew. By the time George played, there was this kinetic energy in the stadium and I was convinced there was only one path for me in life. 3. Bruce Hornsby in Austin: Bruce is the quintessential musician and songwriter. Everything was off the cuff. He wouldn’t even tell his band what song they were going to start with. He would say, “I don’t know, but I promise it won’t make you mad.” That is an approach I take with my guys. 4. Mark Chesnutt’s Longnecks & Short Stories: It’s still one of the essential ‘90s-country era albums. Those songs are so well-written and have so much emotion to them. It’s still an album I can go back to quite a bit. 5. Willie Nelson’s It’s A Long Story: It’s a fantastic book about his journey through life in the music business, songwriting and his artist career. He took something that was so different and turned it mainstream. • Highly regarded music you’ve never heard: The Weeknd. • “Important” music you just don’t get: The ultra farleft folk is really hard for me. I could probably listen to opera before I could listen to Bob Dylan. • An album you played incessantly: Garth Brooks’ selftitled debut. • Obscure or non-country song everyone should listen to right now: My whole band and I are into Tove Lo’s “Talking Body.” • Music you’d rather not admit to enjoying: I like to get on the bus after a show and relax by putting on soft modern jazz. The kind you listen to when you’re getting your teeth worked on at the dentist’s office, or riding an elevator.

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everybody together to meet, share some joy after a hard year, and light Christmas lights.” Light The Row is holding an open house Tuesday (11/29) at 55 Music Square West, 5:30-7:30pm. “We’d like for any of our Music Row partners and neighbors to come by,” says Kent. “And we’d like for them to turn on their lights at 5pm that night.” There are no decorating rules or guidelines. “It’s completely up to the individual businesses,” she says. “Our goal is to get attention by lighting Music Row on our own, and then hopefully get the city involved and make it a big thing next year when we flip the switch – a big ‘come together’ for the area. We thought, ‘Wouldn’t it be cool if we had everybody participating? And when you flipped that switch, Music Row lights up down both sides?’ “We know not everybody will be able to participate this year,” adds Kent. “And we by no means want it to be an inconvenience or expense to anybody that they weren’t expecting. But if they’re planning on participating, we’d like them to do it that day. It’s that simple. If not, make plans for next year – and let’s really make this a Music Row, Nashville-centric community event that everybody is welcome to take part in.” Reach Kent here. –Wendy Newcomer

Chart Chat

Congrats to Brett Young, Matthew Hargis and the BMLG Records staff on landing this week’s No. 1 with “Sleep Without You.” The song is Young’s first chart-topper as well as his debut single. And kudos to Keith Gale and the RCA crew on securing 27 adds for Miranda Lambert’s “We Should Be Friends,” topping this week’s board.

Brett Young

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OFF THE RECORD: Seth Ennis Arista’s Seth Ennis puts an industry spin on the artist interview: I grew up listening to WKAA and WAAC in Valdosta/GA. I was a military kid so I lived a lot of different places, but those are the two I remember the most. The first time I heard myself on the radio was Sept. 21. I was in Ft. Collins, CO headed Seth Ennis to KUAD and my radio rep, Rusty Sherrill, had called ahead to ask if they’d play my song. When I heard it, I went nuts. I was screaming out the car window, “I’m on the radio!” One night I played a show in New York and we hung out until 2am. I had to visit a station in Orlando the next day. I knew I’d be more tired if I went to sleep, so I pulled an all-nighter and then flew to Orlando. The first thing we played was an event for breast cancer survivors. I was exhausted and delirious, but it was a wake-up moment for me. Being with those survivors showed me I have no idea what exhaustion really is. When I’m at a truck stop, Smartwater is my jam. And also beef jerky and pistachios. When I met Vince Gill I said, “I’m not even gonna try to act cool. You’re my hero.” He’s taken me to breakfast a few times. With me being a new artist, it was so cool to feel like I could ask him anything. I was on radio tour one time at a dinner and he called me. Normally I’d never pick up my phone at the dinner table, but it was Vince Gill! He was just calling to check on me and make sure I was doing okay. To have your hero be that kind of person in your life, it’s so humbling. My music is lyrically and sonically inspired by stories that are true to my life. Because I moved around a lot, I was exposed to so many different kinds of music. My sound ranges from bluegrass and country harmonies to hip hop and R&B phrasing, and even some punk and hard rock. I wish I had written Alan Jackson’s “Remember When.” It was my parents’ song when I was younger, so I learned to play it for them. My least favorite interview question so far on radio tour was “Who are you voting for?” I always said, “Pedro” from Napoleon Dynamite.

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Industry News

Music Health Alliance has teamed with MusiCares to offer a free “Get Covered” seminar Dec. 6 at BMI’s Nashville offices Dec. 6. RSVP to MHC’s Shelia Shipley-Biddy here.

The Week’s Top Stories

Full coverage at countryaircheck.com. • Thirty Tigers began staffing its promotion team. (11/28) • KMPS/Seattle afternoon personality Pat Garrett exited. (11/28) • Curb Sr. Dir./Country Promotion Chuck Swaney resigned. (11/28) • Veteran producer Jeremy Powell has joined WKHX/Atlanta in that role. (11/23) • BMLG EVP and BMLG Records President Jimmy Harnen reupped. (11/22) • iHeartMedia/Lancaster, PA’s Derrick Cole was promoted to SVP/Programming. (11/22)

Beyond The Kennedy Administration (continued from page 1) I love going to live shows. Those become really long days. So stepping out of mornings allowed me to slow down. Did you miss it? I didn’t initially, but it wasn’t more than a few weeks and I definitely started to. Are you worried about missing radio? Sure. Radio is all I’ve ever done from the time I was 15 or 16, except for a golf game here or there. I’ve talked to guys at the course who are retired and they ask about my hobby. Well, my hobby is radio and live music. I think missing it is a certainty ... what I do at that point, I’m not sure. Pirate station in the attic? I’ve been lucky enough to own a couple small market stations and while I’m not interested in buying anything and operating it day-to-day, if I found someone who needed support I would enjoy tinkering. Radio has always been a hoot, so that wouldn’t surprise me. What will you miss most? What won’t you miss at all? I will absolutely miss the people. And I will absolutely not miss the people. No, that’s terrible. Completely joking. The first

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Holding Serve: Warner Music Group celebrates the opening of its U.S. Shared Services operations in Nashville today (11/28). Pictured (l-r) are WMG/Shared Services’ Kris Ahrend, TNECD’s Randy Boyd, Nashville Mayor Megan Barry, Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam, Hunter Hayes and WMN’s John Esposito.

part is true. The camaraderie we have at Q104 is a true family atmosphere. It’s unbelievable luck and a blessing to have been here this long with so many of the same people. Whether it was CBS, Jeff Wilks or Steel City Media, this culture has been allowed

to thrive. When I watch what’s going on out there in radio, I can’t thank them enough for letting us be a damn radio station like we’re supposed to be.

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Page 7 What I won’t miss? I’ve kind of outgrown the office thing. I don’t want to have to be somewhere every day. Now, a radio station is a hell of a lot more fun than anything else I can think of, but to know that if it’s 75 degrees and I want to tee off ... I can go do that. When you look back over how radio has changed since you started as a teenager, what stands out most? I count myself as one of the lucky ones. Deregulation, consolidation and stock-driven greed sucked the life out of a ridiculously fun business for creative people who were serving their communities. Yes, it’s a business and you want to make money. I get it. But when fun, smart and talented people walk away from something they’re good at, that bums me out. As soon as I say that, I couldn’t have been luckier. We could have left many times, but the opportunity to stay and play in radio they way it was [intended] has made me very happy. You’ve always championed new music on KBEQ. Were you able to feel when the music was better or when things were a little thin? When we started the ball rolling in the early ‘90s, shares were ridiculous and we wanted to sound different from the other stations in town. We also had great clubs partnered with us and were having fun with personality radio. In the later ‘90s that got a little tougher to do and is really the only time I recall reeling things in a little bit. Eventually some fresh faces came in and I never had that feeling again. I’ve admitted to every owner that we could have been a lot safer, but I’m not a safe guy and I never wanted to be. You’re going to consult, but lets pretend this is your exit interview. You’re on the way out the door, never to be seen again ... what do you most want to say to your peers in radio that maybe you couldn’t when you were competing with them? You have to be on fire for what you do. If you really believe in

the power of radio and in the artists you’re supporting, dig in and fight. That’s probably way too easy to say and please forgive me if you’re working for a company where they’re calling the shots from elsewhere. Maybe there’s a way to find a place where you’ll be allowed to do radio. We got into this for the fun. It’s frickin’ radio. And to your label friends? A big fat thank you. I know some folks just needed me to play their records, but I also made some lifelong friends and I value each and every one of you. I do see the metrics changing and some of it I just don’t get. And I don’t want to take the time to get it. I’d rather reserve that brain space for fixing my golf swing. But please don’t lose that one-onone relationship with radio stations. With all due respect to Spotify, SiriusXM and Pandora, you can’t talk about a show on an app and have 10,000 people turn up in Kansas City. Maybe we’ll get there someday, but right now nobody has the entertainment value and can be a partner like on-air radio people. The leading morning shows in this town are non-music based shows even if they’re on music stations. Entertainment value keeps them at the top of the heap. The jukeboxes are at the bottom. Reach Kennedy here. –Chuck Aly

Lon Helton, lon@countryaircheck.com Chuck Aly, chuck@countryaircheck.com Russ Penuell, russ@countryaircheck.com Wendy Newcomer, wendy@countryaircheck.com (615) 320-1450

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Seek & Employ Available Jobs

Here's a list of job seekers and open gigs. Not listed? Send info here and we'll include you in a future update. Beasley's WKLB/Boston has an opening for a morning show host. Airchecks and resumes to PD Mike Brophey here. Zimmer/Cookeville, TN is searching for an engineer. Three years experience is required. Materials here. Entercom's WPAW/Greensboro, NC has an opening for a PD. Materials to Dir./Country Programming Mike Moore here or OM Brian Douglas here. Leighton's KZPK/St. Cloud, MN has an opening in evenings. Airchecks, resumes and social media links here. Beasley's WKML/Fayetteville, NC is searching for an MD/ morning co-host. Materials to PD Dean Severance here. W&B's WLVK/Elizabethtown, KY is searching for an APD/ MD/afternooner. Materials to Owner/GM Rene Bell here. Townsquare/Amarillo, TX has an opening for an OM and Top 40 PD. Materials to Market President Brice Sheets here. iHeartMedia's WEBG/Chicago has an opening for a Dir./Promotions. Apply here. Scripps' WKTI/Milwaukee is searching for a PD/afternooner. Apply here. Adams' WBTU/Fort Wayne, IN has an opening for an APD/ middayer. Materials to PD Randy Alomar here. Bristol's WXBQ/Johnson City, TN has an opening on the morning show. Materials here. Cumulus' WSJR/Wilkes-Barre has an opening for a PD/afternoon personality. Apply here. Steel City's KBEQ/Kansas City has an opening for a PD. Materials here. CBS Radio's WUSN/Chicago has a part-time/weekend opening. Apply here. Zimmer's KCLR/Columbia, MO has an opening in middays. Airchecks and resumes here. Cumulus' WMDH/Muncie, IN is searching for a PD/afternoon personality. Apply here. Renda's WGNE/Jacksonville has an APD/MD/midday opening. Materials to OM Chuck Beck here. Townsquare/Yakima, WA has an opening for an OM. Apply here. Cumulus/Lexington has an opening for PD of Country combo WLXX & WVLK. Apply here. Midlands' WWNQ/Columbia, SC has on-air openings for all dayparts. Airchecks and resumes to Managing Partner/Programming & Operations Keith Clark here. RWPC, Inc. Co-President and consultant Scott Huskey has a client opening for a first-time PD. Materials here. Townsquare's WOKQ/Portsmouth, NH has an opening for an air talent. Airchecks and resumes to OM JC Coffey here. Mornings are open at an unidentified Country station in the Southeast. The company is replacing "a CMA-award-winning morning show," the hosts of which are retiring after more than 20 years. Airchecks, resumes and salary requirements here. AJG's WKKW/Morgantown, WV has an opening for a morning host. Materials here. Consultant Joel Raab is looking for morning talent for future openings with new client stations in large, medium and small markets. Airchecks and resumes to him here. Cox's KCYY/San Antonio has an opening in afternoons. Three years of experience is required. Apply here. Beasley's WQYK/Tampa has an opening for a morning host. Airchecks and resumes to OM/PD Tee Gentry here. Curtis' WQDR/Raleigh has an opening for a Dir./Promotions. Materials including a cover letter and salary history to Dir./Human Resources Nancy Ginger here. CBS Radio's KILT/Houston is searching for an evening talent. A minimum of two years experience is required along with "the swagger to be Houston's only local Country night show." Apply here. Cumulus' KATM/Modesto, CA has an opening for a PD. OM Richard Perry is accepting airchecks and resumes here.

Neuhoff's WFMB/Springfield, IL has an opening for a morning co-host (CAT 7/28). Airchecks and resumes to PD Dave Marsh here. Cumulus' WFMS/Indianapolis is still searching for a "live and local" midday personality. Airchecks and resumes to OM/PD Stephen Giuttari here. Cumulus' WKHX/Atlanta is searching for an experienced Executive Morning Show Producer for the station's Cadillac & Dallas. View an in-depth job description and apply here. CBS Radio's KNCI/Sacramento has an opening for a PD (CAT 6/27). At least five years programming experience is required and a four-year degree in a related field is preferred. Apply here.

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• Jeff Miles Former WKLB/Boston morning host radiojeff@icloud.com • Jessilynn Kidd Former Huntsman Entertainment Asst./Production & Coord. Social Media jessilynnkiddmusic@gmail.com • Chappel Fisher Formerly middays at WZZK/Birmingham djonair@aol.com • A.J. McCloud Former WDRM/Huntsville PD aj.mccloud@charter.net • Blake Nixon Former Warner Music Nashville Coord./Promotion blake.nixon@comcast.net • Brian Rickman Former Townsquare/Tyler, TX OM/PD brian.c.rickman@gmail.com • Rosey Fitchpatrick Former SSM Dir./National Promotion Roseyfitch99@gmail.com • Dale O'Brian Former Cumulus WLXX & WVLK/Lexington PD dalevaught@windstream.net • Wayne Manning Former Cold River Regional 801-361-2993 imaviator@yahoo.com • Doug Montgomery Former iHeartMedia/Grand Rapids SVP/Programming, Premium Choice PD and iHeartCountry Brand Coord. dougmontgomery@icloud.com • Kristen Kee Former Sony/Nashville Mgr./Marketing kristen.kee@gmail.com • Hannah Martin Former ACM Lifting Lives Manager hnmartin21@gmail.com • Kassidy Stewart Former Hart Media/Bullseye Dir./Promotions & Content kassidy@goncc.com • Kelley Cash Former KVOO/Tulsa personality kelleycashradio@gmail.com • Brian Hatfield Former KYGO/Denver APD/MD brianhat@aol.com • Rick Kennis Former WGTY/York, PA Dir./Promotions rick@rickkennis.com • Derek Gunn Former Stoney Creek Dir./Regional Promotion-West Coast 775-287-1722 Gunnderek@hotmail.com

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November 2016 PPM Scoreboard Country radio shares were flat compared to last month and down 8.4% compared to November 2015. Of the 87 subscribing stations listed, 41 increased, 38 decreased and eight were flat.

WUBL

October Cume

November Cume

11t 648,100 15 686,100 6 320,100 3 378,800 18 111,800 4 501,400 7 808,200 18 480,600 23 124,800 4 427,900 1 481,200 24 862,000 19t 1,122,700 15 263,200 3 498,600 18t 123,300 3 446,000 1 455,100 1 1,291,000 9t 992,000 20t 246,800 3t 546,300 13t 509,600 8 840,500 6 233,700 5 282,600 3 270,300 11 1,099,000 6 1,076,400 10t 587,200 4 348,700 8 373,000 7 259,000 5 271,100 13t 277,000 6 309,300 13t 279,900 15t 248,100 3 244,100 17t 1,176,600 9 187,700 12 120,800 18 459,100

582,000 606,200 330,300 351,200 108,000 482,200 727,300 460,400 131,200 471,600 450,500 861,400 1,080,400 282,900 482,700 134,700 445,900 419,400 1,313,500 1,061,700 235,400 535,200 521,300 789,500 240,800 281,300 266,400 1,055,000 1,146,700 624,700 352,900 361,600 253,300 281,000 267,200 334,600 299,400 219,700 284,800 1,297,300 224,300 131,700 433,200

October 6+ Rank November 6+ Rank Share Share

Station/City

WKHX/Atlanta WUBL/Atlanta KASE/Austin^ KVET/Austin^ KOKE/Austin WPOC/Baltimore WKLB/Boston WBWL/Boston WCTK/Providence (Boston) WKKT/Charlotte WSOC/Charlotte WEBG/Chicago WUSN/Chicago WNNF/Cincinnati WUBE/Cincinnati^ WYGY/Cincinnati^ WGAR/Cleveland WCOL/Columbus, OH KPLX/Dallas^ KSCS/Dallas^ KWOF/Denver KYGO/Denver WDRQ/Detroit WYCD/Detroit WPAW/Greensboro WTQR/Greensboro WWYZ/Hartford KILT/Houston KKBQ/Houston^ KTHT/Houston^+ WFMS/Indianapolis WLHK/Indianapolis WGNE/Jacksonville WQIK/Jacksonville 500 City^ KBEQ/Kansas KFKF/Kansas City^ WDAF/Kansas City KCYE/Las Vegas KWNR/Las Vegas KKGO/Los Angeles WGKX/Memphis WLFP/Memphis WKIS/Miami

3.8 11t 3.7 3.7 13t 3.1 4.6 8 5.0 5.9 4 6.3 2.0 18 2.0 7.2 4 6.9 4.7 7 4.4 2.7 15t 2.1 0.7 23 0.6 5.4 5 5.5 7.3 2 7.6 2.2 18t 2.0 2.5 13 2.2 2.3 15 2.1 8.5 2 7.9 0.9 18t 1.0 7.9 1 7.7 10.4 1 10.2 5.4 3 5.7 3.3 10t 3.6 1.8 20 1.7 5.3 5 5.6 3.1 14t 3.3 5.0 7t 5.0 5.0 7 5.1 5.1 6 5.4 9.2 1 7.8 3.4 13 3.6 4.2 7 4.9 2.9 16 2.9 6.2 5 6.5 5.2 7t 5.3 5.2 7 5.3 6.7 6 6.8 3.6 12t 3.5 4.7 7 4.9 3.6 12t 3.5 3.1 12 2.5 4.5 4t 5.0 2.7 15 2.3 4.3 9 5.1 3.0 11 2.9 2.0 20 2.4

The cume leader was Cumulus’ KPLX/Dallas with 1,313,500. Mt. Wilson’s KKGO/Los Angeles was second with 1,297,300. Legend: A “+” indicates a Classic Country outlet; a “^” designates coowned Country stations in the metro; “t” indicates a tie; and a “*” indicates a station best in that statistic. Ranks are among subscribers.

6+ Rank Rank November Share

WNSH/New York (Middlesex) 3.6 10t 3.0 WKTI/Milwaukee 2.3 15 3.0 WMIL/Milwaukee 5.9 4t 5.6 KEEY/Minneapolis 5.3 9 5.1 KMNB/Minneapolis 3.6 13 3.9 WKDF/Nashville^ 3.6 12 3.3 WSIX/Nashville 4.4 10 4.7 WSM-FM/Nashville^ 6.0 5 5.6 WSM-AM/Nashville 2.1 14 2.2 WNSH/New York (Nassau) 2.4 17t 2.0 WNSH/New York 1.9 20 1.9 WOTW/Orlando 1.2 18 1.2 WWKA/Orlando 5.1 8 5.0 KMLE/Phoenix 3.4 10t 4.0 KNIX/Phoenix 3.8 8t 3.8 WXTU/Philadelphia 4.3 9 4.3 WDSY/Pittsburgh 5.6 7 6.1 WPGB/Pittsburgh 4.4 10 4.2 KWJJ/Portland 5.0 7 4.7 KUPL/Portland 5.1 6 4.9 WCTK/Providence 7.2 4 7.7 WNCB/Raleigh 3.1 14 3.2 WQDR/Raleigh 6.6 5 7.0 KFRG/Riverside 4.1 5 3.6 KBEB/Sacramento 3.8 10 2.8 KNCI/Sacramento 5.1 4 5.6 KNTY/Sacramento 2.3 16 2.3 KEGA/Salt Lake City 1.8 21 1.4 KSOP/Salt Lake City ^ 4.9 6 4.3 KSOP-AM/Salt Lake City ^+ 1.3 23t 1.2 KUBL/Salt Lake City 4.8 7 4.6 KAJA/San Antonio 5.5 5 5.6 KCYY/San Antonio^ 7.5 1 7.1 KKYX-AM/San Antonio^+ 1.2 22 1.3 KSON/San Diego 4.4 6t 4.8 KRTY/San Jose 4.9 4 3.7 KKWF/Seattle 3.2 15 3.0 KMPS/Seattle 3.4 11t 4.1 KSD/St. Louis 3.6 14 3.6 WIL/St. Louis 5.9 6 5.5 WFUS/Tampa 4.8 7 5.1 WQYK/Tampa 5.0 6 5.5 WMZQ/Washington 2.9 14t 3.2 WIRK/West Palm Beach 4.4 6t 4.6

392.0 400

October 6+ Share

Station/City

404.5 385.4 368.6

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16 180,700 161,400 13 228,700 249,600 7 358,300 377,000 10 653,200 637,400 13 562,700 606,700 14 254,900 257,400 10 281,300 259,600 8 310,400 301,100 15t 52,400 61,500 21 177,900 160,400 19 1,157,500 1,073,100 18 111,900 117,900 9 275,700 289,200 8t 617,100 614,200 10 706,400 682,300 8 720,400 799,600 6 367,400 391,200 10 275,800 274,600 7t 445,000 416,500 6t 432,900 456,200 4 354,200 366,400 14 224,300 252,600 5 355,000 397,700 6 327,900 326,700 12t 227,900 239,700 5 355,200 369,500 17t 217,200 186,800 21 172,700 191,000 9 290,100 280,600 24 62,200 57,200 8 361,200 362,800 4 559,100 631,900 2 671,000 663,000 21t 132,800 148,600 5 430,100 439,200 8t 233,600 179,400 15t 483,000 448,600 6t 539,900 523,100 16 482,300 485,300 6 540,200 537,500 5t 505,100 500,300 4 476,500 486,200 13 517,500 513,000 7t 154,200 167,300

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Artist/Title (Label)

Chart Page 1

Total Points +/- Points Total Plays +/- Plays Audience +/- Aud Stations ADDS

BRETT YOUNG/Sleep Without You (BMLGR) ✔

29286

2678

8923

831

61.323 4.613

158

FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE f/T. MCGRAW/May We All (BMLGR)

28094

1059

8481

295

60.719 2.394

158

OLD DOMINION/Song For Another Time (RCA)

25740

1483

7826

407

54.918 3.661

158

BRETT ELDREDGE/Wanna Be That Song (Atlantic/WMN) ✔

24722

2420

7394

691

53.112 5.557

158

JASON ALDEAN/A Little More Summertime (Broken Bow)

24407

-5126

7387

-1504

50.037 -12.155

158

KEITH URBAN/Blue Ain't Your Color (Capitol) ✔

23266

1715

7162

580

2.608

158

TIM MCGRAW/How I'll Always Be (Big Machine)

21159

1033

6531

279

44.237 1.909

158

COLE SWINDELL/Middle Of A Memory (Warner Bros./WMN)

20291

-2583

6071

-762

43.277 -6.72

158

CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Dirty Laundry (19/Arista)

18543

1535

5719

487

40.109 2.525

158

BLAKE SHELTON/A Guy With A Girl (Warner Bros./WMN) ✔

16336

2036

4886

515

36.424 4.953

158

GRANGER SMITH/If The Boot Fits (Wheelhouse)

15829

493

4818

191

33.077 0.853

158

THOMAS RHETT/Star Of The Show (Valory)

14823

1428

4458

390

33.268 3.182

158

MAREN MORRIS/80s Mercedes (Columbia)

14515

421

4342

172

29.923 0.913

158

DUSTIN LYNCH/Seein' Red (Broken Bow)

13322

1690

4039

527

27.491 3.389

156

ERIC CHURCH f/R. GIDDENS/Kill A Word (EMI Nashville)

12746

602

3943

166

27.615 2.027

157

CHRIS STAPLETON/Parachute (Mercury)

11565

556

3607

164

22.829 1.538

157

CHRIS YOUNG f/V. GILL/Sober Saturday Night (RCA)

11421

1198

3425

326

23.393 2.944

158

BRAD PAISLEY/Today (Arista)

10834

1455

3200

410

23.868 3.536

156

LAUREN ALAINA/Road Less Traveled (19/Interscope/Mercury)

10520

833

3344

239

18.901 1.698

149

MICHAEL RAY/Think A Little Less (Atlantic/WEA)

10012

1511

3018

397

19.916 5.112

152

HIGH VALLEY/Make You Mine (Atlantic/WEA)

9819

567

2967

230

16.729 1.227

148

LITTLE BIG TOWN/Better Man (Capitol) ✔

9684

1762

2753

481

21.085 5.348

149

BRANTLEY GILBERT/The Weekend (Valory)

9170

1128

2785

357

17.95

2.775

146

GARTH BROOKS/Baby, Let's Lay Down And Dance (Pearl)

8732

1124

2630

360

16.476

2.12

151

JON PARDI/Dirt On My Boots (Capitol)

8574

1528

2501

469

16.098 3.425

150

49.47

November 28, 2016 LW

Artist/Title (Label)

Chart Page 3

Total Points +/- Points Total Plays +/- Plays Audience +/- Aud Stations ADDS

CHRIS JANSON/Holdin' Her (Warner Bros./WAR)

8208

1098

2606

343

13.131 1.942

149

JERROD NIEMANN & LEE BRICE/A Little More Love (Curb)

7487

-202

2328

-65

10.874 -0.654

145

JOSH TURNER/Hometown Girl (MCA)

7271

569

2254

141

13.594 2.259

146

KELSEA BALLERINI/Yeah Boy (Black River)

7045

788

2076

253

14.043 1.376

145

BROTHERS OSBORNE/21 Summer (EMI Nashville)

5623

-3147

1737

-1025

11.257 -3.672

154

DRAKE WHITE/Livin' The Dream (Dot)

5449

-4579

1429

-1405

14.855 -7.571

157

TRENT HARMON/There's A Girl (Dot/Big Machine)

5273

355

1638

115

11.049 0.847

127

RUNAWAY JUNE/Lipstick (Wheelhouse)

4804

244

1563

114

0.632

133

CRAIG CAMPBELL/Outskirts Of Heaven (Red Bow)

4700

-30

1644

-9

10.032 -0.07

125

DARIUS RUCKER/If I Told You (Capitol)

4296

105

1438

7.479

0.006

131

RAELYNN/Love Triangle (Warner Bros./WMN)

4236

216

1086

7.495

0.545

DAN + SHAY/How Not To (Warner Bros./WAR)

3635

628

1142

191

5.259

1.268

117

DIERKS BENTLEY/Black (Capitol)

3228

1363

963

411

5.766

2.611

6.716

DYLAN SCOTT/My Girl (Curb)

2742

269

853

3.846

0.973

PARMALEE/Roots (Stoney Creek)

2653

144

970

3.426

0.302

CHASE BRYANT/Room To Breathe (Red Bow)

2515

143

855

2.801

0.267

JAKE OWEN/If He Ain't Gonna Love You (RCA)

2384

280

701

3.257

0.562

CHRIS LANE/For Her (Big Loud)

2323

319

781

2.541

0.381

107

RONNIE DUNN w/K. BROOKS/Damn Drunk (Nash Icon/Valory) 2171

564

4.17

0.168

JUSTIN MOORE/Somebody Else Will (Valory)

2012

344

665

3.066

0.885

THOMPSON SQUARE/You Make It Look So Good (Stoney Creek)

1800

636

2.63

-0.118

KANE BROWN/Thunder In The Rain (RCA)

1736

-261

521

-57

1.999 -0.248

CHASE RICE/Everybody We Know Does (Columbia)

1733

479

2.58

0.395

Debut 49

JOE NICHOLS/Undone (Red Bow)

1708

207

543

2.68

0.63

TYLER FARR/Our Town (Columbia)

1604

512

1.257 -0.012

November 28, 2016

Country Aircheck Add leaders MIRANDA LAMBERT/We Should Be Friends (RCA) DIERKS BENTLEY/Black (Capitol) BILLY CURRINGTON/Do I Make You Wanna (Mercury) CANDI CARPENTER/Burn The Bed (Sony) JASON ALDEAN/Any Ol' Barstool (Broken Bow) TUCKER BEATHARD/Momma And Jesus (Dot) JUSTIN MOORE/Somebody Else Will (Valory) LOCASH/Ring On Every Finger (Reviver) LUKE BRYAN/Fast (Capitol) DAN + SHAY/How Not To (Warner Bros./WAR) JAKE OWEN/If He Ain't Gonna Love You (RCA) LITTLE BIG TOWN/Better Man (Capitol)

Chart Page 4

Activator Top Point Gainers

Adds 27 21 20 12 11 8 7 7 7 6 6 6

Country Aircheck Top Point Gainers

DUSTIN LYNCH/Seein' Red (Broken Bow)

1143 ✔

BLAKE SHELTON/A Guy With A Girl (Warner Bros./WMN)

1084 ✔

DIERKS BENTLEY/Black (Capitol)

958 ✔

LITTLE BIG TOWN/Better Man (Capitol)

929 ✔

MIRANDA LAMBERT/We Should Be Friends (RCA)

860 ✔

JON PARDI/Dirt On My Boots (Capitol)

848

BRANTLEY GILBERT/The Weekend (Valory)

779

MICHAEL RAY/Think A Little Less (Atlantic/WEA)

678

KEITH URBAN/Blue Ain't Your Color (Capitol)

640

BRAD PAISLEY/Today (Arista)

616

Activator Top Spin Gainers

BRETT YOUNG/Sleep Without You (BMLGR)

2678

BRETT ELDREDGE/Wanna Be That Song (Atlantic/WMN)

2420

BLAKE SHELTON/A Guy With A Girl (Warner Bros./WMN)

2036

LITTLE BIG TOWN/Better Man (Capitol)

1762

KEITH URBAN/Blue Ain't Your Color (Capitol)

1715

DUSTIN LYNCH/Seein' Red (Broken Bow)

1690

CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Dirty Laundry (19/Arista) JON PARDI/Dirt On My Boots (Capitol)

✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔

DUSTIN LYNCH/Seein' Red (Broken Bow)

216

BLAKE SHELTON/A Guy With A Girl (Warner Bros./WMN)

208

DIERKS BENTLEY/Black (Capitol)

173

JON PARDI/Dirt On My Boots (Capitol)

172

BRANTLEY GILBERT/The Weekend (Valory)

159

LITTLE BIG TOWN/Better Man (Capitol)

155

1535

MIRANDA LAMBERT/We Should Be Friends (RCA)

153

1528

KEITH URBAN/Blue Ain't Your Color (Capitol)

144

MICHAEL RAY/Think A Little Less (Atlantic/WEA)

1511

BRAD PAISLEY/Today (Arista)

128

OLD DOMINION/Song For Another Time (RCA)

1483

BRETT YOUNG/Sleep Without You (BMLGR)

121

Country Aircheck Top Spin Gainers

Country Aircheck Top Recurrents

Points

BRETT YOUNG/Sleep Without You (BMLGR)

831

LUKE BRYAN/Move (Capitol)

16160

BRETT ELDREDGE/Wanna Be That Song (Atlantic/WMN)

691

KENNY CHESNEY f/P!NK/Setting The... (Blue Chair/Columbia)

13310

KEITH URBAN/Blue Ain't Your Color (Capitol)

580

BILLY CURRINGTON/It Don't Hurt Like It Used To (Mercury)

12555

DUSTIN LYNCH/Seein' Red (Broken Bow)

527

LOCASH/I Know Somebody (Reviver)

10885

BLAKE SHELTON/A Guy With A Girl (Warner Bros./WMN)

515

SAM HUNT/Make You Miss Me (MCA)

8958

CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Dirty Laundry (19/Arista)

487

WILLIAM MICHAEL MORGAN/I Met A Girl (Warner Bros./WMN)

8264

LITTLE BIG TOWN/Better Man (Capitol)

481

JASON ALDEAN/Lights Come On (Broken Bow)

7487

JON PARDI/Dirt On My Boots (Capitol)

469

THOMAS RHETT/Die A Happy Man (Valory)

7412

DIERKS BENTLEY/Black (Capitol)

411

KELSEA BALLERINI/Peter Pan (Black River)

7059

BRAD PAISLEY/Today (Arista)

410

THOMAS RHETT/T-Shirt (Valory)

6917

November 28, 2016

CoUNTRy AIRCHECK ACTIVITy

JUSTIN MOORE/Somebody Else Will (Valory) Moves 48-45* 2,012 points, 665 spins 7 adds: KDRK, KJUG, KMDL, KWOF, W1HC*, WDRQ*, WWKA* THOMPSON SQUARE/You Make It Look So Good (Stoney Creek) Moves 47-46* 1,800 points, 636 spins 1 add: KKWF KANE BROWN/Thunder In The Rain (RCA) Moves 45-47 1,736 points, 521 spins; No adds CHASE RICE/Everybody We Know Does (Columbia) Moves 49-48* 1,733 points, 479 spins; No adds

Chart Page 5

A D D DAT E S December 5

Seth Ennis/Woke Up In Nashville (Arista) Ryan Kinder/Close (Warner Bros./WEA) DRAKE WHITE/Makin’ Me Look Good Again (Dot) Jason Aldean/Any Ol’ Barstool (BBR)

December 12

Jackie Lee/Getting Over You (BBR) Miranda Lambert/We Should Be Friends (RCA)

December 19 None Listed

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JOE NICHOLS/Undone (Red Bow) Debuts at 49* 1,708 points, 543 spins 2 add: KHEY, WCKT TYLER FARR/Our Town (Columbia) Remains at 50* 1,604 points, 512 spins 2 adds: KWOF, WIRK DAVID NAIL f/BROS. OSBORNE/Good At Tonight (MCA) 1,473 points, 506 spins; No adds JANA KRAMER/Circles (Elektra/WAR) 1,467 points, 497 spins 1 add: WDRM

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OUT 12/2

Kane Brown Self-Titled (RCA/Zone 4) Brown’s debut features the gold single “Used To Love You Sober” and current single “Thunder In The Rain.” Brown’s co-writers on the album include Chris Young and Florida Georgia Line’s Brian Kelley and Tyler Hubbard. Phil Vassar American Soul (American Soul LLC) Produced by Vassar and his longtime guitarist/collaborator Jeffery Smith, the album is his first since 2009 and features the title cut/current single, plus 10 other tracks penned with writers including Tom Douglas, Craig Wiseman and Aubrey Grant.

November 28, 2016

Chart Page 6

Artist/Title (Label)

FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE f/T. MCGRAW/May We All (BMLGR)

12368

289

2476

BRETT YOUNG/Sleep Without You (BMLGR)

11807

554

2389

121

OLD DOMINION/Song For Another Time (RCA)

11670

275

2314

2nd Week at No. 1

Points +/- Points

Plays

+/- Plays

Stations Adds

KEITH URBAN/Blue Ain't Your Color (Capitol)

11373

640

2305

144

BRETT ELDREDGE/Wanna Be That Song (Atlantic/WMN)

11299

476

2254

100

JASON ALDEAN/A Little More Summertime (Broken Bow)

10374

-1696

2019

-376

TIM MCGRAW/How I'll Always Be (Big Machine)

10058

-46

2026

CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Dirty Laundry (19/Arista)

9413

265

1843

BLAKE SHELTON/A Guy With A Girl (Warner Bros./WMN) ✔

8522

1084

1636

208

ERIC CHURCH f/R. GIDDENS/Kill A Word (EMI Nashville)

7500

123

1428

GRANGER SMITH/If The Boot Fits (Wheelhouse)

7158

420

1423

THOMAS RHETT/Star Of The Show (Valory)

6992

201

1348

MAREN MORRIS/80s Mercedes (Columbia)

6798

174

1355

DUSTIN LYNCH/Seein' Red (Broken Bow) ✔

6448

1143

1204

216

BRAD PAISLEY/Today (Arista)

6359

616

1238

128

CHRIS STAPLETON/Parachute (Mercury)

6321

491

1240

CHRIS YOUNG f/V. GILL/Sober Saturday Night (RCA)

6005

366

1198

GARTH BROOKS/Baby, Let's Lay Down And Dance (Pearl)

5517

322

1042

LITTLE BIG TOWN/Better Man (Capitol) ✔

5487

929

1048

155

LAUREN ALAINA/Road Less Traveled (19/Interscope/Mercury)

4882

201

899

JON PARDI/Dirt On My Boots (Capitol)

4412

848

805

172

KELSEA BALLERINI/Yeah Boy (Black River)

3948

740

BRANTLEY GILBERT/The Weekend (Valory)

3817

779

750

159

HIGH VALLEY/Make You Mine (Atlantic/WEA)

3804

436

748

MICHAEL RAY/Think A Little Less (Atlantic/WEA)

3528

678

113

CHRIS JANSON/Holdin' Her (Warner Bros./WAR)

3412

195

647

BROTHERS OSBORNE/21 Summer (EMI Nashville)

3345

-1046

633

-213

JERROD NIEMANN & LEE BRICE/A Little More Love (Curb)

3231

-126

627

-17

DIERKS BENTLEY/Black (Capitol) ✔

2775

958

525

173

JOSH TURNER/Hometown Girl (MCA)

2567

510

November 28, 2016

Chart Page 7

Artist/Title (Label)

Points +/- Points

DARIUS RUCKER/If I Told You (Capitol)

2197

236

Plays

395

+/- Plays

Stations Adds

TRENT HARMON/There's A Girl (Dot/Big Machine)

1739

192

302

LUKE COMBS/Hurricane (River House/Columbia )

1721

270

DAN + SHAY/How Not To (Warner Bros./WAR)

1641

269

284

MIRANDA LAMBERT/We Should Be Friends (RCA) ✔

1502

860

293

153

JAKE OWEN/If He Ain't Gonna Love You (RCA)

1197

193

204

CRAIG CAMPBELL/Outskirts Of Heaven (Red Bow)

1163

-5

213

TYLER FARR/Our Town (Columbia)

1114

194

CHRIS LANE/For Her (Big Loud)

1088

142

184

RONNIE DUNN w/KIX BROOKS/Damn Drunk (Nash Icon/Valory)

939

284

172

RUNAWAY JUNE/Lipstick (Wheelhouse)

862

126

176

JUSTIN MOORE/Somebody Else Will (Valory)

849

171

CODY JOHNSON/With You I Am (Cojo)

840

172

RYAN FOLLESE/Put A Label On It (BMLGR)

730

DRAKE WHITE/Makin' Me Look Good Again (Dot)

720

SETH ENNIS/Woke Up In Nashville (Arista)

657

-7

RAELYNN/Love Triangle (Warner Bros./WMN)

651

130

DYLAN SCOTT/My Girl (Curb)

644

124

DAVID NAIL f/BROS. OSBORNE/Good At Tonight (MCA)

609

123

CHASE RICE/Everybody We Know Does (Columbia)

580

MORGAN WALLEN/The Way I Talk (Big Loud)

553

GEORGE STRAIT/Goin' Goin' Gone (MCA)

539

103

CARLY PEARCE/Every Little Thing (---)

500

CHRIS STAPLETON/Whiskey And You (Mercury)

480

Debut 55

BILLY CURRINGTON/Do I Make You Wanna (Mercury)

471

375

DREW BALDRIDGE f/E. WEISBAND/Rebound (Cold River)

450

FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE/God, Your Mama, And Me (BMLGR)

440

AARON WATSON/Outta Style (Big)

408

147

Debut 58 59

CAROLINE JONES/Tough Guys (Faction/Kobalt)

400

-10

-1

CHASE BRYANT/Room To Breathe (Red Bow)

399

-10

-2